JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Zanzibar" merupakan salah satu lagu yang terdapat dalam album 52nd Street milik Billy Joel.
Lagu ini dirilis pada 1978 bersama delapan lagu lain yang menjadi bagian dalam album tersebut.
Album 52nd Street berhasil mendapat penghargaan dari Grammy untuk kategori Album of the Year pada 1979.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Zanzibar" dari Billy Joel.
Intro: G+ B7 E7
(Augmented run up: G B D# G B D# G
Am9 F9
Ali dances and the audience applauds
Am9 Bbmaj7
Though he's bathed in sweat he hasn't lost his style
C F
Ali don't you go downtown
C Am Bm7-5 E7
You gave away another round for free Whoa...
Am9 F9
Me, I'm just another face at Zanzibar
Am9 Bbmaj7
But the waitress always serves a secret smile Whoa...
C F
She's waiting out in Shantytown
E7 Am Bm7-5 G C
She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me
CHORUS
C G+/C (or Cmaj/min7) Cm7
I've got the old man's car,
Fm9/C Bb
I've got a jazz guitar
Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm7
I've got a tab at Zan -- zi -- bar
F#m7-5 Gm7 Abmaj7 Ab7 D7 G+ B7 E
(Cos) To -- night that's where I'll be I'll be
Am9 F9
Rose, he knows he's such a credit to the game,
Am9 Bbmaj7
But the Yankees grab the headlines every time
C F
Melodrama's so much fun
C Am Bm7-5 E7
In black and white for everyone to see whoa
Am9 F9
Me, I'm trying just to get to second base
Am9 Bbmaj7
And I'd steal it if she only gave the sign whoa
C F
She's gonna give the go ahead
E7 Am Bm7-5 G C
The inning isn't over yet for me, for me
CHORUS
Tell the waitress I'll come back to Zanzibar
I'll be hiding in the darkness with my beer.
She's waiting out in Shantytown
She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me
Coda
G
C6/9 A6/9 Db9/F Bb9/D G9/B E9/G# Db9/F Em6 B/D#
Bm/D A/C# Am/C B7b9 E7b9
Solo:
Am9 F9 Am9 Bbmaj7